Garment construction



J. SEEWALD.

GARMENT CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1922.

Patented July 4, 1922.

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1. SEEWALD. GARMENT CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATTION FILE'D JAN. 10, I922.

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GARMEN T CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1922.

hpplication filecl January 10, 1922. Serial No. 528,161.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn SEEWALD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Broole lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment Construction, of which the following is a full clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation to garments and refers more particularly to the waistband and lining structure of mens trousers, and specifically to the finishing off and attachment of the rear ends of the lining strips to the rear upper portion of the rear seam of the trousers.

Heretofore in ready made trousers, it has been the custom to fold and secure the upper and outer edges of the material defining the rear seam of the trousers over the rear ends of the waistband lining strips, a practice which produces an unsightly finish and a weak construction at this point.

The invention therefore contemplates as one of its principal objects a means for securing the rear ends of the waistband lining strips to the rear upper edges of the rear seam of the trousers which obtains a neater, more effective, strong and durable structure, and which lends to the garment a hand tailored appearance and which at the same time afiords means for readily compensating for the taking up or letting out of the rear seam to alter the girth of the trousers.

As a further object the invention aims to produce an extremely simple and inexpensive mode of finishing off the waistband linings irrespective of whether the lining strips are of a single strip of material or provided with a separate apron or concealing flap.

With the above recited and'other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating one of the initial steps of finishing off the waistband strips.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the final step and the completed article.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

F 1g. 4 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line H of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the inner portion of a pair of trousers, illustrating the means of attaching and finishing oif the waistband strips and the rear seams where the waistband lining strips are constructed of a single piece of material.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximately on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference 10, 1O designate the pieces of material from which the trousers are constructed, which are stitched together at their rear edges to provide the usual form of rear seam 11, said stitching preferably terminac ing short of the upper edge to provide the usual outlet. The waistband lining inclicated at 12 in Figs. 1 to l inclusive is of the type which includes an apron or concealing flap 13 of a separate piece of material secured thereto by means of the stitching 14. The upper edges of the lin ing strips 12 and the material 10 are secured together by a line of stitching 15 to form the inverted seam. Before securing the upper edges of the lining strips and material 10 together, however, a plait 16 is provided in the main body portion of the lining strip adjacent the rear seam 11, said plait being arranged in position in such a manner as to receive between the folds thereof the upper portion of the outer edges 17 of the material constituting the rear seam of the trousers. The stitching 14 which se cures the apron 13 to the body portion of the lining strip and which also passes through the material 10 is terminated at the outermost edge of the plait 16 and the free terminal of the apron is turned under itself as illustrated in Fig. 2 whereby when the apron is turned down to occupy its final position said terminal will be concealed. The rearmost edges of the plait and apron may then be tacked to the edges 17 of the rear seam to retain the same in place. It will thus be seen that in its completed form the upper portion of the outer edges 17 of the rear seam of the garment are received between the folds of the plait 16 to present a neater appearance and afford a stronger structure at this point. When alterations inthe girth of the trousers are to be made, the stitching is ripped out and the lining strip is refolded to shift the plait circumferentially of the Waistband in either direction to compensate for the lengthening or shortening of the edges 17 of the rear seam.

In the modified adaptation of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7 the principle is precisely the same, it however, has been illustrated in this instance as a Waistband lining strip 20 constructed from a single piece of material and provided With a plait 21 between the folds of which the upper portion of the outer edge 22 of the rear seam 23 is received. In this instance the unconcealed line of stitching 24: extends entirely to the inner edge of the plait.

I claim:

1. In a waistband construction for trousers, lining strips secured to the inner side of the Waistband of the trousers, each having a plait formed therein adjacent the rear end thereof for receiving between the folds of said plait the upper portion of the outer edge of the material defining the rear seam of the trousers.

2. In a Waistband construction for trousers, a pair of lining strips secured Within the Waistband of the trousers each having a plait formed therein adjacent the rear end thereof for receiving-between the folds of said plait the upper portion of the outer edge of the material defining the rear seam of the trousers,- and attaching means for securing the rear edge of the plait to the rear seam of the trousers.

JOSEPH SEE'WALD; 

